True flame effect is a nightmare the right way around let alone backwards in side a shell. It's not a bad effort but I'd say your biggest trouble is you've tried to do it all with one colour, if you look at the flame paint jobs they go through white, yellow, orange and into red over a black.
I think this would have looked a lot better if you'd used white and also a mid blue and maybe a dark blue or a turquoise ? When you use a template don't go all the way down it, keep turning it to get different curves, clean it off, flip it over, you seem to have used one shape, have you got a flame template ? ( Jon, do you sell them ? ) - if not pop down to your local art shop, buy one piece of plastic coated drafting film or some acetate and cut it yourself, Flame stencils aren't too difficult to make yourself, for everything else like the gear wheels and skulls and stuff I'd say just go with one you can buy, it's quicker and easier. You're flames need more shapes in them, reference is everything with this, do a google image search so you have reference of real fire to work from. Also less is more.
It's clear you have the talent and are getting along well with the airbrush and learning each piece with the paints it's just a case of refining what you've learnt so far.
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